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Digital gauges Two birds one stone?

So thinking ahead to AC season and needing some expensive tools. I am trying to get the best bang for my buck. When I told my boss that I was gonna buy a digi-cool cause I need 410 gauges and temp sensor and a red box cooper and gauges is around the same price. I got the don't waste your money on a toy what do you guys think?

I was told buy gauges and use my sensor on my $100 amp probe meter. I understand it works and is the best $ option but is a set of digital gauges better than "OldSchool" methods I have said it before I have never seen someone with digital gauges in my travels. I hope it's not like just wanting a Bigfoot for a pet.

So thinking ahead to AC season and needing some expensive tools. I am trying to get the best bang for my buck. When I told my boss that I was gonna buy a digi-cool cause I need 410 gauges and temp sensor and a red box cooper and gauges is around the same price. I got the don't waste your money on a toy what do you guys think?

I was told buy gauges and use my sensor on my $100 amp probe meter. I understand it works and is the best $ option but is a set of digital gauges better than "OldSchool" methods I have said it before I have never seen someone with digital gauges in my travels. I hope it's not like just wanting a Bigfoot for a pet.

I got the same line of crap from my boss about 3 years ago when I bought my DC 1200.

Being a stubborn cuss, I did it anyway.

Funny thing. After seeing and working with my DC a little, he bought himself an AK-900.

I was stubborn and said I would never spend the money on digital gauges. I said they are for the young kids that can't do math for superheated and sub cooling, or read a pt charts. Well I finally broke down and bought the sman 3 last year and don't know how I ever worked without them. I really like the idea that the digi cools can be in a downpour and be ok but I liked the look of the sman better. Also no supply houses sell the digi cools locally here and I wanted to buy them on the company account.

So thinking ahead to AC season and needing some expensive tools. I am trying to get the best bang for my buck. When I told my boss that I was gonna buy a digi-cool cause I need 410 gauges and temp sensor and a red box cooper and gauges is around the same price. I got the don't waste your money on a toy what do you guys think?

I was told buy gauges and use my sensor on my $100 amp probe meter. I understand it works and is the best $ option but is a set of digital gauges better than "OldSchool" methods I have said it before I have never seen someone with digital gauges in my travels. I hope it's not like just wanting a Bigfoot for a pet.

i purchased the ak-900 digi cools like 3 months ago the velcro temp probes were a pain for me and i would get frustrated if it wasnt tight on the the pipes so i purchased the temp. clamps alot better. i must warn you! your so used to analog gages that operating them and checking sh, sc became 2nd nature . when i switched to digital gages it was more complicated. its a change you will have to get used to, but once you learn how to operate the digitals its so much easier, faster. i recommend the ak-900.